Morning wrap (15.05.2023)

8:44 am 15 May 2023

  • Indices from Asia-Pacific are trading mostly higher today. Nikkei gains 0.7%, S&P/ASX 200 adds 0.1%, Nifty 50 jumps 0.4% and Kospi trades flat. Indices from China trade up to 1.2% higher

  • European and US index futures trade slightly above Friday's cash closing prices

  • NBC reports that meeting to discuss debt ceiling between US President Biden and congressional leaders was scheduled for Tuesday

  • With almost all votes counted, no single candidate managed to score an over-50% result in Turkish presidential elections, meaning that a run-off between incumbent president Erdogan and opposition candidate Kilicdaroglu is likely to take place in 2 weeks (May 28, 2023)

  • According to preliminary results, Erdogan's party AKP managed to win parliamentary elections with 35.6% votes and secure 268 seats in 600-seat parliament

  • Turkish lira has been rather calm so far today as investors wait for an official confirmation that run-off in presidential elections will be needed

  • According to Financial Times, G7 countries and European Union consider banning restarting of the Russian gas pipelines if Moscow has previously halted supplies via them

  • According to Reuters, G7 also aims to more strictly target sanctions evasion involving third countries

  • Iraqi oil minister said he does not expect OPEC+ to announce more oil output cuts at June meeting

  • ECB's De Guindos said that rate hike cycle in EMU is on the final stretch and that's why ECB decide to return to 25 basis point moves

  • According to Reuters report, it was advised during BoJ-government meeting that Bank of Japan considers changing its policy approach should CPI and wages keep rising

  • Energy commodities trade mixed - oil drops 0.3% while natural gas jumps 0.7%

  • Precious metals advance - gold gains 0.2% while silver and platinum trade 0.3% higher

  • AUD and NZD are the best performing major currencies while JPY and USD lag the most

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